Bs8002 introduces radical changes in the design of retaining walls.
Retaining wall design worked example.
F c 3000 psi fy 60 ksi natural soil development of structural design equations.
Soil bearing and stability 8.
Retaining wall design 10 editionth a design guide for earth retaining structures contents at a glance.
Cantilever concrete retaining walls are commonly used for residential purposes often as integral basement walls.
Forces on retaining walls 6.
Design a reinforced concrete retaining wall for the following conditions.
F c 3000 psi fy 60 ksi.
Design procedure overview 3.
Soil mechanics simplified 4.
Development of structural design equations.
Coefficient of soil friction ф.
The following worked example is for a free standing cantilever wall that is considered.
In this example the structural design of the three retaining wall components is performed by hand.
Figure a 1 retaining wall cross section.
Ce 437 537 spring 2011 retaining wall design example 1 8 design a reinforced concrete retaining wall for the following conditions.
30 unit weight of soil ɣ s.
Two equations are developed in this.
Two equations are developed in this section for determining the thickness reinforcement required to resist the bending moment in the retaining wall components stem toe and heel.
In this example the structural design of the three retaining wall components is performed by hand.
Soil bearing capacity q all.
The following worked examples have been prepared to illustrate the application of bs8002 to retaining wall design.
Unit weight of water ɣ w.
Unit weight of concrete ɣ c.
Consider the cantilever retaining wall with the cross section shown in the above figure a 1 which retains a 2m depth of soil having the groundwater table at 1 0m level.
They are not full detailed calculations such as might be prepared for a real wall design but are limited to the calculation of earth pressure and bearing capacity showing how the recommendations of bs8002 are applied in practice.
Ce 537 spring 2011 retaining wall design example1 8.